Time-record folder



C. H. HANSEN.

TIME RECQRD FOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC; 6, 1920.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

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TIME-RECORD FOLDER.

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Now. 29, 1921.

Application filed December 6, 1920. Serial No. 428,655.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. HAN- SEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Time-Record Folder, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates generally to a system of recording the time ofemployees, the principal object thereof, being the provision of a timerecord folder as a substitute for the time card usually employed, whichfolder is adapted to receive and retain inclosures therein, and to beinserted in the time recording mechanism.

Another object of my invention is reduction of clerical work on part ofthe office, which is accomplished by the use of a pay envelop inconnection with the folder; the

employee making out the requisite state ments on the envelop after whichit is inserted in the folder.

With these and such other objects in View as will become apparent fromthe descrip tion, my invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1, is a perspective of my folder, showing the pay enveloppositioned therein.

Fig. 2, is a plan of the pay envelop em ployed in connection with thefolder.

Heretofore, in the systems now in use, a time card is employed whichforms the only record of the employees time and all pay envelops aremade out by the office from the records of these cards. This systemnecessitates considerable clerical work, which in a large businessassumes vast proportions. Furthermore in all duplicating time cards, apunch is used or a carbon sheet employed. My invention does away withall these and relieves the oflice of the labor of making out the payenvelops as this is done by the employee.

The elements of my invention comprise a paper folder 1, open along thelength of one edge 2 and across one end 3, and a pay envelop 4 adaptedto be inserted within the folder and entirely inclosed therein. One faceof the folder is provided with the necessary indicia printed thereonsothat said face constitutes in itself a time card of the type generallyused, and the entire folder is of such dimensions as to permit-of itsinsertion in the time recording device, in the same manner as theordinary time card.

The pay envelop 4 is of the ordinary type, except that the face thereofis provided with indicia printed thereon designed to indicate thelocation, status and working time of the employee when the blank spacesthereon are properly filled in.

Under the system contemplated by the present invention, the folder isplaced in the time recording mechanism and printed as an ordinary timecard by the employee, and at the end of each payroll period, theemployee fills in the necessary data on the face of the pay envelop,stating the time expected, after which the envelop is inserted in thefolder. The combined folder and envelop reaches the paymaster at thetime desire which is generally later. Thus the time of the employee maybe registered while the envelop is in the folder. This eliminates thenecessity of the oflice making out the pay envelop, and the envelopreaches the paymaster at the same time as the folder. The two are thenchecked against each other and the money placed in the envelop which isthen sent for distribution to the point indicated thereon by theemployee.

The nature of the folder permits of the inclosure of individualinstructions for the employee, or other data, beside the pay envelopresulting in a considerable saving of time, as this is not possible withthe ordinary time card. Furthermore inclosures within the folder arereadily accessible and are securely retained therein.

It is obvious that the printing on the faces of the folder and theenvelop may be altered to suit the business in which the two are usedwithout in any way departing from the features of the invention. While Ihave shown and described certain specific details and materials whichenter into the construction of the various elements of my invention, Idesire it to be understood that it is not my intention to limit myselfto these, but that any such may be used as will fall within the scope ofthe invention as claimed.

1, claim 1. The combination with a folder bearing an appropriate imprintadapted to receive a time card record thereon, of a pay envelop adaptedto be inserted in said folder, said envelop having an independentdifferently printed time record thereon covering a period of timesimilar to the record on said folder whereby to balance the record onsaid folder, and bearing data to identify it With said folder.

2. The combination With a folder open at one end and along one sideedge, adapted to be inserted in a time recording mechanism anclhavingone face thereof bearing an appropriate imprint adapted to receive atime record printed thereon by the recording a Written record thereonmade by an em ployee, and independently of the folder.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHRISTIAN H. HANSEN.

